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Steffan Rhys

29 reasons everyone hates Carmarthenshire

1. It's horribly ugly

Carreg Cennen Castle (Trevor Waters)

2. It's just vile

The Black Mountain (Ben Salter/Flickr)

3. In winter it just gets worse

4. There's nowhere good to eat

Wright's Food Emporium (Wrights Food Emporium)

5. So you'll never find any nice food

The Plough Rhosmaen (The Plough Rhosmaen)

6. There's nothing to see

7. And nowhere to go

8. It's just a bunch of fields

Cefn Sidan Beach (Phil Fitzsimmons)

9. And a few ugly towns

The River Towy (TomGough/Flickr)

10. And there's nowhere to escape from it

Rhandirmwyn (zingyyellow...!/Flickr)

11. Nowhere at all

Cwm Rhaeadr (Phil Fitzsimmons)

12. All the towns look the same

Llandeilo (Richard Szwejkowski/Flickr)

13. And they're full of horrible houses

Llanelly House (Phil Fitzsimmons)

14. It's basically just a collection of housing estates

Newton House, Llandeilo (National Trust)

15. The pubs are all boring chains

The Cwmdu Inn, near Llandeilo (Alan Richards/Creative Commons)

16. So there's nowhere to get a decent beer

Brown's Hotel in Laugharne (Gareth Davies)

17. There's no wildlife

18. And no history

19. If nice views are your thing, you won't find any here

The Dylan Thomas boathouse at Laugharne (Les Haines/Flickr)

20. In fact, there's nothing worth seeing at all

Cynghordy (Ben Salter/Flickr)

21. There's nowhere nice to stay

22. And nowhere to visit

Aberglasney (Nigel McCall)

23. The castles are all rubbish too

24. There's nothing to do

The Brecon Beacons (Phil Fitzsimmons)

25. You'll probably die of boredom

26. If you want a decent beach, you'll have to go next door to Pembrokeshire

27. There's no culture

Stradey Castle (Rhys Dyfed)

28. And no good sport

29. It's all just really unpleasant

Carmarthenshire = Rubbish.

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